Top 20 movies like The Freedom of Herds
Top 20 Movies like The Freedom of Herds
- 1. Men Behind the Sun
- 2. Tobruk
- 3. The Silent Enemy
- 4. Memory of the Camps
- 5. A Soldier's Story
- 6. A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt
- 7. And a Nightingale Sang
- 8. Mosquito Squadron
- 9. For a Lost Soldier
- 10. Lost Way
- 11. Corazón en el cenicero
- 12. The Man in the Photograph
- 13. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
- 14. Rosso
- 15. De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
- 16. The House in Karp Lane
- 17. All Things Fair
- 18. Windtalkers
- 19. Dear Brother
- 20. Memphis Belle
1. Men Behind the Sun (黑太陽731)
The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film details the various cruel medical experiments Unit 731 inflicted upon the Chinese and Soviet prisoners at the tail-end of the war.
It has an average vote of 6.122 on TMDB.
2. Tobruk
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
It has an average vote of 6.13 on TMDB.
3. The Silent Enemy
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
4. Memory of the Camps
In 1945, Allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps. They found unspeakable horrors which still haunt the world’s conscience. A film was made by British and American film crews who were with the troops liberating the camps. It was directed in part by Alfred Hitchcock and was broadcast for the first time in its entirety on PBS FRONTLINE in 1985.
5. A Soldier's Story
In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
6. A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt (Ein blinder Held – Die Liebe des Otto Weidt)
A Blind Hero depicts Otto Weidt's story as told by award-winning journalist and author Inge Deutschkron, who tells the incredible tale of Weidt's efforts to save her and the rest of his employees from the Nazis, including Alice Licht, the love of Otto Weidt's life.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
7. And a Nightingale Sang
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left on the shelf until she meets and falls in love with Norman, a serviceman from London. In contrast, her younger sister Joyce has quite a way with men, and finds herself a little too popular with the troops, especially when her husband pops up on leave from his regiment.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
8. Mosquito Squadron
England, World War II. Quint Munroe, RAF officer and new leader of a Mosquito squadron, is tasked with destroying a secret Nazi base in France while trying to overcome the disappearance of a brother-in-arms.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
9. For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat)
Separated from his family in the Dutch countryside, young boy Jeroen crosses paths with Walt, a Canadian soldier who takes him under his care.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
10. Lost Way (行方不明)
Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. Corazón en el cenicero (Corazón en el cenicero)
(Corazón en el cenicero)
12. The Man in the Photograph (Čovjek sa fotografije)
Pro-Nazi police arrests an ordinary man from the street because he is a dead ringer for a legendary resistance leader.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
13. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
14. Rosso
For an anxious person, being trapped on a boat with someone you don't like can be the tense. Stuck for hours afloat, nothing on the line, bad conversation, and cold winds as resentment rises. Both people chained to a rod and tackle because one won't speak up and admit that they want to go home.
15. De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile (De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile)
(De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
16. The House in Karp Lane (Das Haus in der Karpfengasse)
(Das Haus in der Karpfengasse)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. All Things Fair (Lust och fägring stor)
Stig is a 15-year-old pupil of 37-year-old teacher Viola. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity while she is drawn to him by his youth and innocence, a godsent relief from her drunk and miserable husband.
It has an average vote of 6.508 on TMDB.
18. Windtalkers
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
It has an average vote of 6.293 on TMDB.
20. Memphis Belle
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Dresden, a heavily-defended city that invariably causes many Allied casualties
It has an average vote of 6.727 on TMDB.